Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Team Canada has qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in women’s rugby sevens. Canada qualified by finishing among the top four teams from the 2018-19 World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. They were joined by New Zealand, the United Read more
Canadian swimmers won six medals at the prestigious Mare Nostrum swim meet in Canet-en-Roussillon, France on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Penny Oleksiak of Scarborough, Ontario won the silver medal in the women’s 100 metre freestyle, Read more
Crystal Emmanuel of Scarborough, Ontario won a silver medal in the women’s 200 metres at a Diamond League track and field event in Oslo, Norway on Thursday. Emmanuel placed second at the Bislett Games for her second Diamond League career Read more
Team Canada is in a first place tie with Team Netherlands in Group E action at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup of Soccer from France. On Tuesday, Kadeisha Buchanan of Toronto, Ontario scored in the 45th minute in a Read more
Alysha Newman of London, Ontario and Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ontario set the Canadian records in the women’s pole vault and men’s 5000 metres respectively in various track and field competitions this past week. Ahmed set the Canadian record Read more
Tyler Mislawchuk of Winnipeg, Manitoba won an International Triathlon Union men’s World Cup in Huatulco, Mexico on Sunday. This was Mislawchuk’s second career World Cup gold medal in 2019 and third career World Cup medal. He previously won gold in Read more
Team Canada won two of their three matches in the Volleyball Nations League this past weekend from the Toronto Dominion Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario. On Friday, Team Canada swept Australia 25-23, 25-17, 25-18. They then beat Germany in five sets Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze of Montreal, Quebec won the 2019 Royal Bank of Canada Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows, south of Calgary. Alberta on Saturday. For Lamaze, who is currently battling a brain tumour, won in a jump Read more
Leylah Annie Fernandez of Montreal, Quebec won the girls singles competition at the 2019 French Open on Saturday. In the final, Fernandez defeated Emma Navarro of the United States 6-3, 6-2. The other girls tennis players Fernandez beat en route Read more
The 2019 Women’s World Cup began on Friday afternoon with an impressive 4-0 win by France over South Korea. Team Canada meanwhile will begin their tournament on Monday against Cameroon from Montpellier. Their following two games are on June 15 against Read more